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L. K. JOHNSON.

GOMPOSITORS GALLEY STICK.

No. 342,442. Patented May 25, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

COMPOSITQRFS GALLEY-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,442, dated May 25, 1886.

Application filed May 29, 1885. Serial No.1GT (!-L (N0 model.)

A To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis K. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Gompositors Galley-Stick, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to relieve the hand of the compositor of the weight and incumbrance of the stick as ordinarily constructed and used, and to thus enable him to use both hands for the purpose of picking and setting the types.

Another object is to increase the capacity of the ordinary stick, so that awhole page of matter can be set up and justified before removal, if desired, and also to provide means for the safe and rapid removal and transfer of such matter from the stick.

Still another object of my invention is to render the floor or receivingsurface of the stick adjustable to any angle or inclination, and to provide for the adjustment, both laterally and vertically, of the device with relation to the position of the user.

My device is adapted for use in connection with the old form of compositors box-case, or the style of compositors case described in Patents No. 230,784, No. 254,019, February 21, 1882, No. 263,707, September 5, 1882, No. 271,711, February 6, 1883, No. 269,168, June 12, 1888, No. 268,409, December 5, 1883, and No. 265,667, April 10, 1883, in which the types are arranged in prescribed positions in channels, from the lower ends of which the types may be removed through a transverse opening. It is especially desirable when used in connection with my right-and-left-hand case, constructed upon the latter plan and described in my last application, No. 166,979,

filed May 28, 1885, for patent, in which construction the channels upon the left-hand side of the case are especially adapted for the use of the left hand of the compositor. By thus providing for the independent support of the galley-stick at any angle and in various positions with relation to the typecase to suit the convenience of the user, a skillful compositor is enabled, practically, to nearly double his working capacity.

By the use of my device a compositor is also enabled to fully justify the matter he is setting up as he proceeds, thus economizing in the time and labor involved in handling and making ready, &c.

My invention consists in a galleystick supported upon ajointed bracket, by which both the inclination and the position of the stick may be adjusted; also, in providing the galley-stick with a false bottom or tray and with a swinging side rest to facilitate the removal of the matter set up.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my device as used in conjunction with a type-case of the old or box form; Fig. 2, a side view of the device illustrated as used in conjunction with my channel case. Fig-3 is a plan of the stick; Fig. 4-, a transverse section through the galley taken between the laterally-projecting rods I) b which support the side rest, I); Fig. 5, an isometrical view of the false bottom or tray.

The galley or stick A is formed with the usual L-shaped side walls, a (0, upon the left and front sides, except that the left side wall, a, is larger thanusual.

The adjustable side rest, b, instead of being attached to the bottom or front wall, a, as heretofore, is hinged to the right side of the device, so that it may be swung back out of the way, as indicated by dotted lines, to permit of the removal of the tray B and its contents. The side rest is formed so that when the tray is in place the inner side of the restb will be perpendicular to the upper or receiving surface of the tray B.

The side rest, I), is formed with laterallyprojecting rods I) 1) upon its right side, which pass through suitable holes formed in the m ovable straps c of the hinges O, and are held therein by set-screws d-d.

To adjust the side rest, I), tothe width of type column'required to be set up, the setscrews (Z d are loosened, the side rest slid into the desired position, and the set screws retightened upon the rods b b.

The-under side of the stick A is secure preferably by means of a ball-and-socket joint, E, to the bracket F. The jointE may be loosened and tightened by means of a set-screw, e, for the purpose of adj listing the receiving-surface to the angle required,which is preferably such that the column of type will tend by gravity to rest against the side walls, can, or, more strictly speaking, against the corresponding intervening sides, b 0 of the tray 13, as indicated in Fig. 1.. The other end. of the bracket F is pivotall y connected with the'frame of the case or other stationary support, the joint being provided with a set-screw or nut, 6 by which the bracket may be secured in a desired position.

The bracket F may consist of a single limb; but I prefer to make itin the form of a jointed arm or elbow, the two sections, e" e, of which are pivotally connected by a bindingscrew, e, which permits of their adjustment with an inclination with relation to each other. It will thus be seen not only that the inclination in any direction of the galley-stick may be adjusted as desired, but also that its position, both laterally and vertically, can be regulated to suit the individual preference or convenienee of the compositor.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A galley-stick mounted by means of an adjustable ball-and-soeketjoint upon an independent support or bracket, for the purpose and substantially in the manner described.

2. A galley-stick mounted upon a jointed bracket or elbow by which the position of the galley may be varied both vertically and let erally, for the purpose and substantiallyin the manner described.

3. A galley-stick mounted by means of an adjustable ball-and-socket joint upon a jointed bracket or elbow in such manner that both the inclination of the galley-stick and its position Vertically and laterally may be varied and adjusted, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

4. A galley-stick formed with a hinged adjustable side rest, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

In combination with a galley-rest formed with a hinged side rest, substantially as described, a removable type-tray formed with the L-sl1aped flanges b" If, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON.

lVitnesses:

WM. GARDNER, GEO. XV. MIATT. 

